[ScreaminKaw]

^ I could not agree with you more.

 

[Zumina]

very cool

 

[Twizted-Rider07]

Doing good so far, its looking awsome. Keep us posted.

 

[binx_19]

i love the color.

 

[Rhetorik]

i love the color.

+1

Can't go wrong with orange!

 

[arcticamt6]

+1

Can't go wrong with orange!

You would think that with the popularity of this color orange in the car side of things that more bikes would come like this from the factory. The GSXR series is the only one I know of. 1 year of the 1000, next year in the 750, and next year in the 600.

 

[Gimpdiggity]

Awesome stuff. I had a 1986 Yamaha Radian that was VERY similar to the Zephyr.

I wish I had never sold it...

 

[ScreaminKaw]

^ I have a buddy with an '89 Radian that he bought in mid-'07 with 11K or 13K miles, and now has about 32K miles on it. It's definitely been a great bike (he still has it, but last Sept bought an '03 Triumph Speed Triple, so the Rad probably won't see too many miles unless his little brother decides to ride).

 

[Twizted-Rider07]

The color is cool, its it gonna be solid or are you adding decals or other colors to it?

 

[Gimpdiggity]

^ I have a buddy with an '89 Radian that he bought in mid-'07 with 11K or 13K miles, and now has about 32K miles on it. It's definitely been a great bike (he still has it, but last Sept bought an '03 Triumph Speed Triple, so the Rad probably won't see too many miles unless his little brother decides to ride).

Yup. Mine was pristine with about 9,000 on the clock. Of course it fell over in storage and then started to nickel and dime me with little things like carb rebuilds and such, and stupidly I sold the thing and bought the Ninja.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Ninja, but that Radian was awesome and I wish I still had it around.




Now, back on topic...


That tank looks BADASS!! I really like that color a lot. For some reason on my PC last night it wasn't showing those large images, so I couldn't see how great it turned out.

 

[Bill Clinton]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I can't wait to ride this thing.

and no graphics will be added, just the straight color.

 

[Bill Clinton]

The ZX6 gold rotors installed. Really updated the look of the bike, did more than I expected. On the performance side they weigh .2 of a Lb less per rotor! The stock rotors have 8 rivets and the ZX6 ones have 7. Looks like the surface has more holes drilled as well.

 

[Bill Clinton]

Brought the exhaust up more from where I had it originally. Looks better.

Then...

Now...

 

[ScreaminKaw]

:drool

I can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[Guitar Man]

Nice project. I like the color. Looks really good and not over cooked like some builds turn out.

 

[Bill Clinton]

Got it running this weekend. Had to do a few carb adjustments to get the idle decent. This thing sounds great with the Kerker pipe and thanks to the adjustable chain tensioner no more timing chain slap.

 

[com3]

bad ass!

 

[Bill Clinton]

Fitting up the KR1 wheels

Started with the wheels this weekend. Cleaning the green paint off with super strip wasn't fun at all. Very messy, stinky, and tedious. Cleaning it off the machined outer surface wasn't that bad, but the spokes of the wheel? UGG! Spent all day messing with this thing. These wheels were painted about 5 times. First off came the green, then white, then purple, then blue, then GREEN AGAIN!

 

[Bill Clinton]

Here are a few pics of them mounted. The front is pretty straight forward. Inner bearing diameters are the same so the axle slides right in. Looks like I may have to shave about an 1/8 inch or 1/16th off the stock Zephyr speedo housing and put a spacer on the other side. Disks bolt right up and the calipers slide over to fit them quite well. It's too bad one of the calipers froze up and now I have to rebuild them...

Unfortunately the rear wheel does not share a similar story. Had a hard time centering the wheel and lining up the chain. I may have to space out the front sprocket an 1/8th to get the chain straight. Now, since I got a new SS braided brake line kit I want to avoid relocating the rear caliper under the swing arm as it will render my new rear line to short to reach the caliper. Although this option is not entirely ruled out. We're entertaining a few different ideas and my friend is drawing up a new caliper mount in CAD. Depending on machining costs I may have a new mount piece made for me.

 

[Stick N Move]

Wow, really like the orange as well. Cant wait to see the finished project.